University events
Open Lectures
Featuring talks by global speakers, new learning experiences and activities for the whole family to enjoy, York Ideas is a year-round series of events led by the University of York to educate, entertain and inspire.
A lecture from Andrew Morrison, chief executive officer of the York Civic Trust in celebration of the Trust's 80th birthday
This lecture explores the discovery of an Arma Christi roll at York's Bar Convent—one of just 11 surviving medieval manuscripts of its kind. The talk examines its origin, purpose in domestic prayer, and how it remained hidden for centuries.
This lecture examines how modern art's boundary-pushing nature led to legal disputes over copyright, tax, offense, and contracts, questioning what these clashes reveal about the fundamental nature of art itself.
Environmental economist Dr Nesha Beharry-Borg explores how valuing Caribbean biodiversity as natural capital drives climate resilience and economic development, drawing on insights from international development finance.
This online event brings together two leading poetics scholars for presentations of new work, readings, and a conversation on the possibilities of poetry today.
Moving past generic mental health advice, Dr Zoe Billings presents Biological Wellbeing - a science-backed workshop on physical stress management. Used by the FBI and NHS, this session offers practical biology tools to protect your health and life.
Join Clare for a guided walk and talk to explore the folklore and history of native and naturalised plants growing in Britain and how humans have connected with them through the centuries.
Explore Palestinian audio history with the Palestinian Sound Archive. This event features an introduction, short documentary, talk, DJ set, and vinyl/merch sales exploring music as resistance.
University Assemblies
Universities thrive when they are spaces for listening, debate and collective learning, especially when tackling the world’s most challenging crises.
Following a Citizens’ Assembly model, we will bring diverse voices to the table here at York. Our University Assemblies are designed to be safe, reflective spaces where students and staff can come together to explore difficult global issues.
York Concerts
To mark the centenary of Miles Davis’s birth, Peter Edwards and a five-piece Nu Civilisation Orchestra Ensemble perform Davis’s music live as the soundtrack to John Akomfrah’s acclaimed 2013 documentary The Stuart Hall Project.
Reginald Mobley celebrates music’s power not only to keep us tethered but also to draw us closer together. Solitude invites audiences into a quiet and intimate place, to pause and unplug from the busy world around us.
Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU, is a Nairobi-born, Berlin-based sound artist who has carved out a serious and definitive space on the list of essential authors in ambient-experimental music.
Praised for his unfailingly communicative playing, acclaimed British pianist Leon McCawley has been delighting audiences worldwide for over three decades. He returns to York this autumn for a recital featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.